Garter



K. LEINS.

GARTER.-

APPLlcArloN FILED APR. a. 1920.

1,353,483. PatenteSept. 21,1920.

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KARL LEI-Ns, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrGNon oroNn-Tirrnnfro ARTHUR LEINsL'AND Y oNn-frnrnn'ro FRANK REUTHER, BOTH 0F NEW YORK, N Y.

l GTARTER.

Taall whomit may concern.:

Be it. known that I, KARL LEINS, a subject oGermany, and resident of NewYork, in the county. ofrNeWfYork and State of' New 'Yorlg have invented certain new and useful The objects of my rvention are to` provide a device ofthe classV described having f inaddition lto allthe goodqualities of simthe limb part to whchit s attached, and. not'to impedel in4 any Wayy the blood circu lation While nevertheless assuring absolute safety as to. proper support of the'article. to be held inplace.

Another object of my invention is to provide eXchangeable stays or short-stopsV atftached at the ends of my spring devices to specially constructed. end plates projecting into the lfree space Within the springs. These ,staysv prevent the 'overexpansion of the springmembersand may be adjusted to any desired length, thus` servingas means for producing. with the same spring lmembers different sizes. oigarters. l

A further object of my invention isto proij vde in connection Withagarter simple and highly eicient fabric attachingmeans cornprising a noifiresilient, nonbendable member abutton-.like extension and a.V

provided With. hingedf-rspring. member, which, when compressedsvvung toward andy over that eXten-` 'A dpthen released, forms a perfect.l cla-,mp Vdevice for .holding the supported.

sion an article. Y Y' The foregoing andother objects, will, be morefiiully apparent from thi? following description and the acconmanyingV dravvings,`V

Eformi lvgpart otfthisspecication in which: 45

Figure/1 is a s1 normal Ycondltlon. v

Fi is af sectional therethrough.

showing the detail construction.

. :Fig:v representsv my device ini expanded de elevation-ofmyy device in Starter er Fig.v 5 'is' a vperspec-tive vievvof. fabric holding device;

Fig. V6 is the front ,elevationof'l same-in compressed position.

Patented Sept.. 21, 1920. i 'Application firedv april 3, 192e.,` seria; No, 370,932.. f ,Y

membercomprises oval-shaped helical spring'formed in the Way seenin fFig; 4, lts end' coils ll andlZare firmly heldin b0X-. like. receivers 13` and 1 4, kthe endsfllof which are "slightly"turnedfinvvard, thus providing a rest for; the enlarged/ends otthelbaclorend,

plateslandll?.

The reduced portions V18 plates4 protrude through receivers 13.` into the free spaceQO (Fig. 4E)V `ifor'me'dby ,the spring and'possess' aperturesQl atftheirex treme ends,-

A. Ster Cf @Xrenentep tai f2.2' irs adust'rl ably attached at theseperforated plate. ends,

spring'.

andV passes through the hollow.l space of the, This stayfis normallyslack and *serve-s,`

when the'spring isl pulled .fOr preventing the springs expansion :beyond itsjelastic limit .and conseque,ntlyy itsl deformation vdue. 'tol over-expansion K I i :45

The expansion lengthofthe springy may,VV be varied according to desired sizes required-- normally compressed spring.` Thisimay be accomplished .by Vshortening .the stay 20 through .movingthe adjustable stay. endsQfr..V 1

toward each other. z Inj order. .to .do that, lone ends 22 of thev sta-y areexposed. y

. The yend plates 16.. and 1'?r are'y provided' with male andl riue'le.y interlocking means 23 and, Madepted te close the end-S of Spring Secured tothe female locking end ofthe vided and serves,.,asgisupport; for! another- Srrngsmember 26 v-dependa'g-, vlil-fora .the Spring. member 101st. substantially a right angle.

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spring member l0, although its dimensions may be varied in use for different purposes.

The general construction of the short spring member 26 is similar to that of the spring memberv 10. c

VIt also comprises an oval-shaped helical spring the ends 27 and 28 of which are firmly held in receivers or sockets 29 and 30, respectively. The youter ends of these sockets are bent inward, as indicated at 31, thus providing seals for end plates 32 and 33, having widened looped portions 34 and 35 forming hinged connections with links 25 and 36, respectively.

Thereduced end plate portions 37 and 38 terminate in slots E39-through which pass adjustable end loops 40 of the stay or ex.

pansion'stop 41. c

- Attached also to the link 36 is a fabric enaO'inO device com risin a stifl'I non-bend-V ZD t: 7 7

able, nonfresilient member 42 enlarged and looped at its attached end'43` and forming a hinge-like connection with link 36. y

VAt ornear the opposite end, the member 42 is provided with a button'44 or its equivajlent which serves'v for engaging fabric of a n hose Vor otherY articles to be supported by the garter. 'l f r Slipped Vthrough and hinged at the enlarged looped portion 43fis a spring member 45 comprising an endless wire arrangement Vadapted to ,engage the button 44; It consists of a 'coiled portion 46, acting as a spring, and continuing as a twist, indicated at `47, into a pair of loops 48, which again continues ina straight direction, as seen at 49, toward the loop 43, where the wire lies parallel to the adjacent part of link 36. y

In Fig. 5 the device is shown in position ready for receiving a fabric at the button 44. In Fig. 6 its wire portion is Vshown compressed by fingers indicated in dashed lines. In this position'the twisted portion,`

471is open andl readyto encircle the button 44 covered by the kfabric which is to be held.

Y When' the compressed wire member `is swungl againstthe 'stif'membe'r 42 and, after V passing the head'of thebu'ttomris released,

1 versal aperture'of the female slot.

` Having thus describedmy invention, Iv

' in position? Y Y Y Y, The-operation of the locking members 23' and 24of the lower spring member 10 is evi-v a' lshown'in: Fig. 2the is firmly held h dent from thedrawings. vThe male end 23 is inserted yinto the longitudinal slot offemale member 24 and then twisted so that the head of the male member rests in reserve for myself the rightto makechanges or'-improveinents on my `device `within the broadl scope 5 ofmy `invention,"for which I claim @1., A

gartercomprisin'g in combination, a longitu imi' spring-"member Vmae of the transoval-shapedr helical spring, boxflike' receivers housing the ends of said springs, a female and a male locking plate projecting with their reduced ends into said'receivers, a; stop-tape connecting said locking plates, a buckle secured to the one receiver housing the female locking plate,` a depending shorter spring member attached, to said buckle and comprising an oval-shaped helical spring, a pair of receivers engaging its ends, looped end plates passing into the receivers and having apertures, a stopftape fastened with its ends in said' apertures, one of the looped end plates engaging said buckle, a wire link, engagedby the other looped end plate, extending downward, a fabric engaging member attached to said link and comprising a plate member having tially ata right angleV to each othei ',nbox,``

like receivers at the ends of each springl member adapted to house the ends of said coils of the springs, lockin'gmembers provided at and extending into the receiversof the long spring member, hinge-like end plates provided at andv extendinginto the receivers of the shortspring member, ex-

pansion stopsprovided within the' hollow space of both spring (members andy 'attached to's'aid lockingmembers and end-plates, re `V Y* spectively.- a buckle connecting one receiver Y of the long'springmember with one end` nlate of the short springV member, 'a hingedl buckle engaging the fother end-plate, anda fabric engaging Vdevice attached to said hinged buckle.v f i 3. In combination with a forth, a fabric engaging device comprising a plate member looped Vat one endgand hingedl at this looped end to the garter proper, aV

fabric engaging buttonassociated lwith .saidVv I plate member at its free end, a doubly looped' spring wire snap hinged at( the looped end of the plate and adapted to engage saidbut'- ton with its `doubly looped portion when successively compressed and 'releas'edf ,y

4. In combinationwitha garter, a fabrie engaging device composed of a no'nr'esilientjV member `having a buttox'ililneiitensionfat one end,`a resilient member hinged at its other end said resilient member comprising an endlessY wire j spring forming a` spring coil near its hinged portion, a twistatlits center portion, two loops at'its freeend, and, f straight side portions extending from the loops to the hinged end, the 'latteradanted to be compressed, thus causing th'e't'vi'ristedlv said button-like extension of the nonresilient v member. f

5. In combination with a garter, a fabric engaging device comprising a nonresilient, nonbendable member having a button-.like fabric engaging extension near to or at one of its ends, and a spring member hinged at its other end, said spring member adapted to engage said extension when successivelv compressed, swung toward and over the eX- tension, and finally released.

6. A garter, comprising in combination, two spring members made of helical springs, one member being longer and narrower than the other, hollowY end caps housing the spring ends, end plates widened at one end and reduced at the other end projecting with their reduced ends into the hollow spaces formed by the spring and resting with their widened ends against the outer portion of the caps, adjustable stays normally slack, connecting the reduced ends of said plates and adapted to prevent the overexpansion of said spring members, a spring operated fabric attaching member provided at one end of the shorter spring member, the other end of said shorter spring member being connected at substantially a rightangle at y one end of the longer'spring member.

7. A mans garter comprising a longer and narrower and a shorter and wider I said button carryin portion at will.

Signed at New ork in the county of New York and State-of iNew York, this 1st day of April, A. D. 1920. 4

KARL LEINs.

. spring member, both members made of oval- 

